The two solid rocket boosters flew in different directions as the external fuel tank became a fireball.(AP: Bruce Weaver / File) Forty years ago, the Challenger space shuttle disintegrated just after ...

NASA has clarified that any attempt to move the Discovery space shuttle from Virginia to Texas could not involve its disassembly—more or less making the project impossible. Texas lawmakers haven’t ...

NASA loaded fuel into space shuttle Endeavour's external tank for the second evening in a row Sunday in anticipation of pre-dawn launch. The three-hour operation began at 6:50 p.m. ET just as the NFL ...

HUNTSVILLE, AL (WAFF) - 40 years ago, NASA was on a frenetic path to get shuttles flying. In fact, the Kennedy Space Center’s “dance card” for January 1986 was full. Marine and pilot-turned-astronaut ...

Five astronauts and two payload specialists make up the STS 51-L crew, scheduled to fly aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger in January of 1986. Crewmembers are (left to right, front row) astronauts ...

You’ll soon be able to see a real space shuttle standing upright in Los Angeles, a view rarely available outside of NASA facilities. A major milestone toward that moment was reached this month as ...

NASA says it will try to launch Atlantis on the first space shuttle mission of the year in early June, almost three months later than originally planned, so that technicians can finish repairing its ...